Delivered in Srinagar in India in 1928, Maharajapuram Santhanam was killed within a street incident in Coopattur in Tamil Nadu on June 24, 1992. He was initiated into Carnatic music by Melattur Shama Dixitar and afterwards discovered from his dad, Maharajapuram Viswantha Iyer, a observed musician. As he implemented in his father’s footsteps, his sons Ramachandran and Srinivasan are having in the family’s musical custom. Maharajapuram Santhanam’s function also is on Auvidis, AVM, Oriental and T Series.